(Figure design: J. Tautz and M. Kleinhenz, Beegroup Würzburg.)

Description

Figure-Eight-Shaped Waggle Dance of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera). A waggle run oriented 45° to the right of ‘up’ on the vertical comb indicates a food source 45° to the right of the direction of the sun outside the hive. The abdomen of the dancer appears blurred because of the rapid motion from side to side. Part of :Image:Waggle dance.png